Alex Naddour
{{short description|American artistic gymnast}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2017}}
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| full_name = {{nowrap|Alexander Michael Naddour}}
| country = United States
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|03|04}}
| birth_place = Gilbert, Arizona, U.S.
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| spouse = {{Marriage|Hollie Vise|2015}}
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| height = 170 cm
| discipline = MAG
| natlteam = 2010–2018
| gym = USA Youth Fitness Center
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| collegeteam = Oklahoma Sooners
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| retired = March 26, 2021
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{{MedalSport|Men's artistic gymnastics}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalBronze|2016 Rio de Janeiro|Pommel horse}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2011 Tokyo|Team}}
{{MedalBronze|2014 Nanning|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|Pacific Rim Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2014 Richmond|Team}}
{{MedalGold|2016 Everett|Team}}
{{MedalGold|2016 Everett|Pommel horse}}
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Alexander Michael Naddour (born March 4, 1991) is a former American artistic gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and part of the bronze medal team at the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Naddour was an alternate for Team USA at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He also won a bronze medal in the pommel horse individual event competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He announced his retirement from gymnastics on March 26, 2021, via Instagram.
Early life and education
Naddour was born on March 4, 1991, to Mike and Sandy Naddour in Gilbert, Arizona. He attended Highland High School before enrolling at the University of Oklahoma to pursue gymnastics.{{Cite web |url=https://www.raisingarizonakids.com/2017/06/dad-olympic-gymnast-alex-naddour/ |title=Queen Creek dad, Olympic gymnast Alex Naddour eyes 2020 U.S. team |date=June 13, 2017 |website=raisingarizonakids.com |access-date=August 7, 2024}}
Gymnastics career
Naddour was a member of the U.S. men's national team for the 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2017 World Championships. Pommel horse is considered his strongest event. He is a five-time national champion, three-time World finalist and Olympic bronze medalist in the pommel horse.{{cite news |last1=Metcalfe |first1=Jeff |title=Alex Naddour leads on pommel horse at Olympic Gym Trials |url=http://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/olympics/rio-2016/2016/06/23/alex-naddour-leads-pommel-horse-olympic-gym-trials/86317422/ |access-date=June 26, 2016 |publisher=The Arizona Republic |date=June 23, 2016}}
On June 20, 2018, Alex Naddour was suspended by USA Gymnastics following allegations of sexual misconduct. The USA Gymnastics officials were presented with the first allegations in 2012. Additional allegations were made against Naddour around 2016.{{cite news| last1=Olympic |first1=Medalist | title=Olympic medalist Alex Naddour suspended by USA Gymnastics after sexual misconduct charges| url = https://www.pe.com/2018/06/20/olympics-medalist-alex-naddour-suspended-by-usa-gymnastics/|access-date=June 21, 2018|publisher=The Press-Enterprise|date=June 20, 2018}} Naddour tweeted in response: "I have no idea what is happening or why, we are trying to contact safe sport for any information."{{cite news | last1 = Tweet |first1=Naddour| title=I have no idea|url= https://twitter.com/Alex_Naddour/status/1009576051809251328|access-date=June 21, 2018|publisher=Twitter|date=June 2018}} Naddour was cleared of a sexual misconduct allegation by the United States Center for SafeSport and removed from the USA Gymnastics suspended list in November 2018.{{cite news| last1=Metcalfe |first1=Jeff | title=Olympic medalist Alex Naddour suspended by USA Gymnastics after sexual misconduct charges| url = https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/olympics/2018/11/25/arizona-gymnast-alex-naddour-cleared-u-s-center-safesport/1283769002/|access-date=March 2, 2019|publisher=Arizona Central|date=November 27, 2018}}
=Olympics=
On June 25, 2016, Naddour was named to the 2016 U.S. men's gymnastics team for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. Naddour had been named as an alternate for the U.S. in 2012.{{cite news |last1=Graves |first1=Will |title=National Champion Sam Mikulak Leads US Men's Gymnastics Team |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/national-champion-sam-mikulak-leads-us-mens-gymnastics-40135684 |access-date=June 26, 2016 |work=ABC News |date=June 25, 2016}} On August 14, 2016, Naddour won a bronze medal in the pommel horse at the Rio Olympics, the first medal of that Olympiad for the U.S. male gymnasts and the first pommel horse medal for Team USA since Peter Vidmar and Tim Daggett in 1984.
Personal life
In 2015, Naddour married fellow gymnast Hollie Vise. The couple have a daughter, Lilah, born in February 2016,{{cite news |last1=Axon |first1=Rachel |title=Once an alternate, Alex Naddour clinches men's gymnastics Olympic spot on emotional night |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/rio-2016/2016/06/26/alex-naddour-us-mens-gymnastics-team-summer-games-olympics/86401146/ |access-date=June 26, 2016 |publisher=USA Today |date=June 26, 2016}} and a son, Crew, born in June 2018.{{cite instagram|postid=BjoSTqNDBF0|user=alex_naddour |title= 4:55 pm today, My Son was born! |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BjoSTqNDBF0 |archive-date=December 24, 2021 |url-access=registration|access-date=June 21, 2018|publisher=Instagram|date=June 5, 2018}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Gilbert, Arizona
Category:American male artistic gymnasts
Category:Oklahoma Sooners men's gymnasts
Category:Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Category:Gymnasts at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in gymnastics